STAY MOTIVATED WHILE JOB HUNTING.

www.skytyms.blogspot.com One of the biggest challenges is just maintaining motivation to continue  especially when you're dealing with rejection and silence.
Climb out of your motivational slump with these five tips.

1. Get Specific with Your To-Do List
When your motivation is low, general job-searching tasks like "network" and "redo resume" can be overwhelming. A great way to instantly make your search seem more manageable? Rework your to-do list to include smaller, more specific tasks.
For example, when Agatha was job searching, she made it a goal to reach out to two direct contacts one day and two referrals the next for informational interviews. Both were easy to-dos that, over time, helped her reach her broader goal of expanding her network (and, as a bonus, do so without feeling like she was “networking).

2. Look Up Your Career Role Models
When you're job searching, reading description after description requiring “five to seven years of experience” in a certain field, it's hard to remember the truth about career paths: They're rarely linear. In fact, most successful people made loops, jumps, and a few skids to get to where they are today.
So, step away from the job boards, hop over to LinkedIn, and search for people who have your dream jobs or who work at companies you are interested in. Looking at the various ways people have gotten to where they are now will likely remind you that there is no straight path to success

3. Seek Constructive Criticism from Your Supporters
Your biggest fans can also be your most helpful critics—if you ask them to be. That supportive former co-worker or classmate, professor or teacher who believed in you, and friend who just gets you all know your full potential and how you could improve. So, if you're feeling like you're trying everything but still getting nowhere, try asking them for some constructive criticism.
Identify where you're struggling, whether it is with resume formatting or interviewing, and ask for advice from the appropriate people (that former professor, teacher or mentor who pushed you to do your best public speaking, for example). Based on their knowledge of your strengths and weaknesses, they can give specialized, honest advice.

4. Put Your Career Goals on Paper
“Where do you see yourself in 10 years?” is a question we all try to avoid. But right now, when you're in a slump, is exactly the right time to answer it.
Take some time to make a list of all of your dreams, big and small. Actually putting them on paper will force you to think about what you want to achieve and—better yet—motivate you to see at least one goal (if not all of them) through. Think of it kind of like a to-do list for your career: Seeing things on paper will get you excited to check things off.
As an added bonus, seeing your dreams in writing may give you some ideas on how to tie them together. From winning industry awards to landing a C-suite positions to starting your own company, each goal, no matter how random, can shed light on a new opportunity. You may even find ways to widen your search (like linking your interest in writing and food to discover restaurant PR).

5. Take Days Off
At one point, Agatha was doing something job-search related every day, from going on informational interviews to searching Indeed for every type of entry-level communications position imaginable. She was burned out. And she found herself losing sight of her main objectives and looking for jobs just to find a job, even if they were not right for her.
What she realized is that the best way to deal with a motivational slump of any sort is to take a few days off. Pre-determined free days—where you get some time off from thinking about resumes, cover letters, and interview questions—can alleviate all those job-search frustrations and help restore your drive. By taking a few days off here and there, she found that she was able to refocus and better tackle the search when she was ready.
The job search doesn't have to be a daunting task every time you open your laptop or turn on your smart phone. These tips worked for Agatha, and they can for you, too.
Congrats in advance.